Kennedy notes that even the dictatorial Stalin "began to relax his iron grasp once he understood that he had a team of first-class generals working for him".
Two decades later, here we are, living in a ravaged world where the free-market principle reigns supreme, where inequality of income is greater than it has been in many decades, where huge corporations have an iron grasp on cultural life, the alleged free-for-all of the Internet included and where gays can marry in nine states and join the military.
Two decades later, here we are, living in a ravaged world where the free-market principle reigns supreme, where inequality of income is greater than it has been in many decades, where huge corporations have an iron grasp on cultural life, the alleged free-for-all of the Internet included — and where gays can marry in nine states and join the military.
The Spaniard has an iron grasp on deep, clever, engaging house music.
Both "Come On" and "Revolution" show off a unique perspective and an iron grasp on groove.
Acting increasingly in flagrant disregard of his advisers, colleagues, and constituents, Orban has introduced policy initiatives so dazzling in their improbability that his once iron grasp on the rule of his country is now openly questioned by foe and friend alike.
Mrs. Pickett and her husband, Jerry, of Middletown, Ohio, are trapped in the iron grasp of credit card debt.
Yugoslavia last night slipped from the iron grasp of Slobodan Milosevic, the communist-turned-nationalist who ignited three Balkan wars in the past decade.
Young people seem to keep bearing-the-brunt of tough rules as the Conservatives' cold, iron grasp continues to tighten around the neck of the student community.
You can call it interactive media or Twitter and Facebook media or whatever you like: it enabled people to become masters of their own voices, away from the iron grasp of the state.
In Shephard's view, "She combined a ferocious appetite for work and the all-important detail of how policies would actually work, with an iron grasp of strategy and long-term aims".
